We are
Cooper Lighting Solutions. We build forward-thinking lighting solutions that make people's lives safer, while making buildings, homes and cities smarter and more sustainable. We deliver an industry-leading portfolio of indoor and outdoor lighting, lighting controls and smart lighting systems.
Cooper Lighting Solutions is a business unit of Signify, the world leader in lighting. Together we have a shared purpose to unlock the extraordinary potential of light for brighter lives and a better world. Our culture of continuous learning and commitment to diversity and inclusion creates an environment that allows you to build your skills and career. Together, we're transforming our industry.
Your opportunity
We're looking for a Quotations Manager to join our Customer Experience Team in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. You'll be responsible for driving profitable growth by managing our quotations team, focusing on lighting and lighting control solutions in the GTA. The right candidate will be a strong leader with a passion for results and a focus on continuous process improvements and efficiency.
We're on the lookout for forward-thinking innovators with a passion for sustainability. If you match this description, get in touch!
What you'll do
- Lead - Manage a team of inside sales specialists. Perform quarterly team check-ins, employee evaluations, and mandatory training. Interviewing and onboarding of new hires and engaging in peer mentoring initiatives to help build our organizational capabilities.
- Collaborate - Work cohesively with internal and external customers to achieve both your individual targets and organizational goals. Review projects with the GTA Sales team weekly to discuss upcoming project closings as well as review feedback on past jobs. Communicate directly with local contractors, distributors and specifiers as needed to ensure the products being proposed align to the specifications while providing value added solutions for our customers.
- Strategize - Evaluate our lighting and lighting control package against our competitors to determine specification strength. Review project specifications and provide value engineered solutions to improve our quotation success rate and drive profitable growth.
- Execute - Oversee the daily workflow of quotation requests ensuring timeliness and accuracy for GTA Lighting & Controls projects. Coordinate receipt of all required documentation such as engineering specifications, addendums, reflected ceiling plans, riser/one-line diagrams, and site plans for active quote requests. Negotiate all large or complex projects in the GTA, working directly with our sales team and external customers to help secure orders.
- Develop - Create and implement process improvements within our organization to help improve ease of doing business and reduce touches within our organization. Stay up to date with all Cooper Lighting Solutions products and provide training on lighting, controls, and modular wiring systems for team members.
- Diploma or Degree from an accredited institution
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and ability to build strong customer relationships.
- Strong technical aptitude with a constant curiosity for learning within a fast-paced, evolving environment
- Ability to lead and be collaborative in a team environment
- Previous experience with our business systems such as SAP or Bluebeam.
We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.
What you'll get in return...
We're offering multiple opportunities for career development, like mentoring, coaching and stretch assignments, with strong international exposure for dynamic profiles. You have the chance to learn every day, acquire new skills and perspectives through customized online programs, and on-the-job experiences.
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Who we are
Signify is the world leader in lighting. We provide professional customers and consumers with quality, energy-efficient LED lighting. And our lights, when connected, bring data to devices, apps and people - redefining what light can do and how you use it. Today, our innovations, such as LiFi - internet connectivity through light - and UV-C, solar and horticultural lighting, contribute to a safer, smarter, more sustainable world.
We're operating in 74 countries with 32,000 people worldwide.
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We are an equal opportunity employer and is committed to treating all people in a way that allows them to maintain their dignity and independence. We welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. To be eligible for this position, you must legally be permitted to work in Canada and travel within North America, without any additional sponsorship support from Signify